{"id":440578,"date":"2026-02-23T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/440578\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:00:10","slug":"tomas-martin-etcheverry-endures-marathon-day-clinches-first-atp-title-in-rio-de-janeiro-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/440578\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomas Martin Etcheverry endures marathon day, clinches first ATP title in Rio de Janeiro | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Match Report<br \/>\n    Etcheverry endures marathon day, clinches first ATP title in Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n<p>20 months after holding championship point in Lyon, Argentine scores career milestone in Brazil<\/p>\n<p>February 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Mauro Pimentel\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        Tomas Martin Etcheverry overcomes Alejandro Tabilo 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 after three hours, four minutes.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/tomas-martin-etcheverry\/ea24\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/a> will not soon forget his dramatic run to capture his maiden ATP Tour title at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/rio-de-janeiro\/6932\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rio Open presented by Claro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Saturday rain postponed his semi-final match, the Argentine persevered through two matches Sunday and eventually earned the ATP 500 title after a 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 championship-match victory against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alejandro-tabilo\/te30\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Tabilo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Resilience personified \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>Semi-finals and final on the same day \ud83d\udd1c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tometcheverry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@tometcheverry<\/a> claims his first EVER title<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RioOpenOficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@RioOpenOficial<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RioOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RioOpen<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AATenis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AATenis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0N5i8BCuir\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0N5i8BCuir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour\/status\/2025727703643558277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 23, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Trailing Tabilo 3-6, 1-3, Etcheverry appeared physically spent, likely from completing his three-set semi-final against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/vit-kopriva\/ki82\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vit Kopriva<\/a> earlier in the day. But the 26-year-old, who in May 2024 was one point away from his first tour-level title in Lyon (l. Mpetshi Perricard), dug into his deepest reserves to earn a career milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dream come true for me,\u201d said Etcheverry, who had previously lost three ATP Tour finals. \u201cI was looking for a while for my first title. I\u2019ve been working so hard with my team and I can\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Etcheverry produced ferocious firepower, highlighted by a blistering forehand pass at 3\/2 in the second-set tie-break. Tabilo engaged in gruelling rallies in the latter stages of the match, testing the Argentine&#8217;s physicality, but Etcheverry avoided any late drama and secured the title after three hours and four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just tried to give my 100 per cent,\u201d Etcheverry said. \u201cIt was the final, the last match of the tournament, so I gave my 100 per cent and I think at the end, I have the prize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Etcheverry, who earned his 100th tour-level match win Friday, defeated Tabilo last week in the Buenos Aires quarter-finals and repeated that feat to extend his Lexus ATP Head2Head series lead to 2-0. Tabilo was aiming for his fourth tour-level crown and first at ATP 500 level.<\/p>\n<p>\nUp 18 places to No. 33 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, Etcheverry will return to the Top 40 for the first time since last February.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Report Etcheverry endures marathon day, clinches first ATP title in Rio de Janeiro 20 months after holding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-440578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}